Speaking to Robbie Fowler in an interview in the Mirror, he said: "You need additions because in the squad, actually, we need more quality.

"That is not to get rid of players but you have to mix it up a little bit.

"What do we do? We brought in Naby Keita already, an outstanding player. We will bring in a couple more players, that will happen. But we had the quality of players already to finish the season higher.

"Think about the season we played without Adam Lallana and half a season without Philippe Coutinho.